August 20th, 1998:
American cruise missiles pounded alleged al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan and a pharmaceutical plant in Sudan.
The attacks were retaliatory strike after the deadly bombing of two U.S. embassies in East Africa just weeks earlier.
Here's then-President Bill Clinton: There will be no sanctuary for terrorists. We will defend our people, our interests and our values.
1968:
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies in Eastern Europe invaded Czechoslovakia.
The invasion brutally crushed the Prague Spring reforms by Czech Communist leaders to allow greater political freedom.
1977:
NASA launched Voyager 2, first of two unmanned American space probes to travel to the outer solar system and beyond.
1942:
Singer-songwriter Issac Hayes was born in Covington, Tennessee. He is best known for the Theme From Shaft, and in more recent years, the voice of Chef, in the sitcom "South Park."
1948:
Singer Robert Plant, former frontman of the rock group "Led Zeppelin", was born in West Bromwich, England.
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